10 Finishing Moves Too Awesome For WWE

7. Adam Cole - Panama Sunrise

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=leeKJoHYhB8

I don't remember the first time I saw it, but I don't think I've ever been as amazed by a professional wrestling move than I was by the Canadian Destroyer. This is a flip piledriver, and there aren't many more contrived moves in the whole of wrestling.

This isn't to slander the move though, as not many would put their hands up to offer to take one. Petey Williams innovated the move (hence the name), and despite the fact he retired in 2014 the move has lived on through other people.

Most notably it has been taken by Adam Cole, one of the leading lights of the pro wrestling scene outside of WWE. An added embellishment here is that Cole starts on the second rope, giving himself a little extra momentum before plonking the guy on his head.

 
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